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SEBI PETITIONS SUPREME COURT TO DIRECT SAHARA’S SUBRATA ROY TO PAY `62,600 CR OR CANCEL HIS PAROLE IF HE DOESN’T YIELD
CBI HAS BECOME LIKE A ‘PAN SHOP’ UNDER THE BJP GOVT AT THE CENTRE, SAYS MAHA MINISTER ASLAM SHAIKH
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CHHATH DEVOTION DEFIES CORONA CURSE
Devotees gather at the bank of Ganga River to perform rituals on the occasion of Chhath Puja, in Patna. (Right) Women offering prayers to the Sun God in Kolkata on Friday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
All eyes on Amit ‘Asthmatic’ Sonia moves PM REVIEWS SECURITY Shah’s visit to out of Delhi to Goa with WITH FORCES’ TOP BRASS Chennai today Rahul to avoid pollution Terrorists were planning “something big” on the 26/11 KILLING OF FOUR JeM TERRORISTS
Mumbai terror attack anniversary, say govt sources
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a review meeting with top security brass in the wake of the killing of four JeM terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, and asserted that security forces have thwarted their efforts to wreak “major havoc and destruction”. Government sources said that the terrorists were planning “something big” on the anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. In his tweets following the meeting, Modi said, “Neutralising of 4 terrorists belonging to Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed and the presence of large cache of weapons and explosives with them indicate that their efforts to wreak major havoc and destruction have once again been thwarted.” Turn to P6
Anil Vij gets covaxin shot
Ambala: Haryana health minister, 67-year-old and a diabetic, Anil Vij was administered a trial dose of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin on Friday. He attended office two hours after vaccination. “It is a matter of pride for every Indian that Bharat Biotech is coming up with an indigenous vaccine for Covid-19. I volunteered to become one of the participants for the third phase trial so that people shed their fears and come forward to volunteer,” said Vij.
Narendra Modi @narendramodi Our security forces have once again displayed utmost bravery and professionalism. Thanks to their alertness, they have defeated a nefarious plot to target grassroots level democratic exercises in J&K.
MODI’S VACCINATION STRATEGY New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a meeting to review India’s strategy for Covid-19 vaccination and its subsequent delivery and distribution. Important issues related to the progress of vaccine development, regulatory approvals and procurement were also discussed. Various issues, including the prioritisation of population groups, reaching out to healthcare workers, cold-chain infrastructure augmentation, adding vaccinators and tech platform for vaccine roll-out were also discussed in the meeting, PM Modi said.
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New Delhi: Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah’s visit to Chennai on Friday is the talk of the town. With Assembly elections in Tamilnadu round-the-corner, Amit Shah’s visit assumes greater significance. As per schedule, the Union Minister will declare open Thervoy Kandigai reservoir (Chennai’s fifth reservoir) and also lay the foundation stone for several infrastructure projects. After his official engagements, Amit Shah is expected hold crucial meetings with Tamilnadu BJP leaders about their preparations for the forthcoming elections and what alliance to be stitched. He may discuss with them about the constituencies where the party is confident of winning.
6 CHILDREN AMONG 14 KILLED IN
ROAD ACCIDENT IN UP’S PRATAPGARH Pratapgarh: Fourteen people, including six children, died in a tragic road accident in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh after their car rammed a truck on the highway late on Thursday night. All the occupants of the SUV died in the crash and several others have been injured. The accident occured around 11.45pm on Thursday on the Prayagraj-Lucknow highway near Deshraj Inara village. Visuals from the accident show a crumpled Mahindra Bolero being pulled out from the back of the truck. Pratapgarh Superintendent of Police (SP) Anurag Arya said the truck had been parked at the side of the highway
CRUCIAL MEETINGS Amit Shah is expected hold crucial meetings with Tamilnadu BJP leaders about their preparations for the forthcoming elections and what alliance to be stitched A grand reception is being planned by BJP to welcome Amit Shah tomorrow from Chennai airport. The state BJP unit is looking for highprofile people who can be inducted into the party in his presence. Turn to P6
New Delhi/Panaji: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Friday reached Panaji along with his son Rahul Gandhi after doctors advised her to shift out of Delhi for a few days to avoid the heavy pollution in the national capital in view of her chronic chest infection. Sonia Gandhi has been under heavy medication pursuant to her discharge from hospital in August, and doctors are concerned about her consistent chest infection, which has not gone on account of Delhi’s pollution, the sources said. The air pollution in Delhi has aggravated her asthma and her chest condition, and she has been advised by doctors to briefly shift out from here, they said. She is going at a time when demands for introspection over the Bihar election loss are being raised by a section of party leaders, Turn to P6
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi arrive at Goa Airport on Friday.
AFTER SIBAL’S REMARKS, SONIA NAMES 4 ‘DISSENTERS’ TO PANELS
New Delhi: Ward co New Delhi: Days after Kapil Sibal’s comments about the Congress’ decline sparked another bout of infighting, party chief Sonia Gandhi has included four members of the dissenting camp in three committees set up to keep her informed on matters relating to national security, foreign affairs and the economy. Announced Friday, just before Ms Gandhi leaves for Goa to escape Delhi pollution, the appointments are being seen as a move to ward off further public embarrassment - such as that caused by Mr Sibal’s interview to the Indian Express or the letter by 23 leaders challenging the Gandhi family’s control. The committee on economic affairs includes former Finance Minister P Chidambaram. The second committee (on foreign affairs) has both Anand Sharma and Shashi Tharoor, and Ghulam Nabi Azad and Veerappa Moily have been named to the third.
‘LOVE JIHAD’ INVENTED BY BJP TO DIVIDE COUNTRY: GEHLOT Kartikey Dev Singh
Crumpled SUV being pulled out from back of the truck.
due to a punctured tyre when the SUV rammed it from behind in the dead of the night. Half of the car was pulled out in a mangled state from under the truck later by police officials, he said. All victims were returning home to their village in Kunda in the district after attending a wedding
in Nawabganj, the police official said, adding that all help has been assured to the families of the victims. Five bodies were recovered soon after the crash whereas the rest of the bodies were pulled out after the crumbled car was retrieved from under the truck, which took almost two hours.
Jaipur: Known for his immaculate timing when it comes to opening a front against the rival camp, senior Congress leader and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday cornered the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), in his now famous style of verbal ‘war’, when he alleged that “Love Jihad” is a word manufactured by the BJP to divide the nation and disturb communal harmony. With BJP governments in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh saying that they are considering enactment of laws to curb
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot
such marriages, Gehlot hit back strongly at what he considers a “ploy to divide people”. Gehlot, who often uses social media platform to take on the saffron party, took to twitter and said that marriage is a personal decision and the BJP is
putting curbs on it. “Love Jihad is a word manufactured by the BJP to divide the nation and disturb communal harmony. Marriage is a matter of personal liberty, bringing a law to curb it is completely unconstitutional and it will not stand in any
court of law. Jihad has no place in love,” Gehlot tweeted. “They are creating an environment in the nation where consenting adults would be at the mercy of state power. Marriage is a personal decision and they are putting curbs on it, which is like snatching away personal liberty,” he said in another tweet. Gehlot said it seemed to be a “ploy to disrupt communal harmony, fuel social conflict and disregard constitutional provisions like the state not discriminating against citizens on any ground”. Turn to P6 More on P8